Fruit box liner



April 28, 1936.

B. M. HOBLICK ,7

FRUIT BOX LINER Filed April 9, 1935 HVVENTOK FE/VJQM/Iv Ff HosucK BY 09' i522? ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 28, 1936 e 2,038,790

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FRUIT BOX LINER Benjamin M. Hoblick, Fresno,Calif., assignor to Blake, Moffitt & Towne, San Francisco, Calif., acorporation of California Application April 9, 1935, Serial No. 15,429

6 Claims. (Cl. 217--3) This invention relates to fruit box liners of ingoutward if desired, though this would require the character shown in mycopending patent filed a slightly wider curtain sheet. March 13, 1935,under Serial No. 10,806, which In applying the improved liner, one ofthe strips consists broadly of a strip of cardboard to the of cardboardmay be first inserted before the box 5 margin of which is attached athin flexible curis entirely packed, the packing completed, the 5 tainof transparent cellulose, two of the strips and curtain draped Over thet, a d after filling curtains being used in each box of fruit. The th bx th oth trip pus i p a ,until th objects of the present invention areto provide Curtain is brought t y v e tan improvement over thedisclosure of my coo desired, the box may b o p y packed and pendingcase in a liner of this kind which will be the Strips Pu d in pl ce. 10cheaper t k d apply, Since the strips need only be stifi enough to Inthe accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a perpush in place between the fruitand bOX it is evispective view of my improved transparent curdent thatthick Stiff Paper could be e n place tam liner. of cardboard, but thecardboard is much to be Fig 2 is an end View f the liner with thepreferredas it may be shoved in place in an 15 thickness of thematerials shown exaggerated. Instant Wlthout danger of breaking a ing-Fig. 3 is a cross section of a fruit box filled with t is manifest thatone of the stiflf marginal fruit and my improved liner in place theStrlps Or I Could be omltted While Stlll curtain covering the top of theSeveral of the advantages of the invention- In further detail the linercomprises two strips Besldes the advantages of s mplicity and cheap- 20of any thin cardboard I, I, or what is known P F 7311? Present line!having a curtain without in the trade as chip board being a suitabl.lointextending over the entire surface of t grade, each having itsmargin 2 scored at 3 and frult 1s efiectlve m excluding dust a dirt,doubled over against the body of the card and and also dlspkjiys thefruit t0 better advantage embracing one of the opposite margins of arel- When the box 15 Opened- 5 atively large sheet 4 of a thin flexiblesheet or W I term the tnventlon fmlt Q curtain of preferably transparentor translw ant;1 its chief value is for packing fresh fru ts, centcellulose, cellophane, or other thin sheet. f i fi z g i gj lfeg i2 3! 13 The folded over margins of the cardboard are o 0 mp fi as it is usefulin ackin an oods re 30 secured in place by any suitable means such asthe same protectivg g g g quiring by wire stapling, glue, or cement, sothat the Havin th escri thin glossy transparent curtain of cellulosewill claim us d bed my invention what I be firmly clamped and heldsecurely within the 1 A box liner comprising a thin flexible 35. twolayers of cardboard. tain of a size to extend entirely across the topThe length of the cardboard strips is such as surface of a packed boxand opposite margins to fit easily within the ends of the size fruit boxof said curtain secured to strips of cardboard desired, the width of thestrips may be anywhere adapted to be positioned between the goods andfrom about the depth of t box t about the box side walls, said cardboardstrips having quarter of its depth, or sufiicient to give ittheihmargins folded over and embracing e 40 strength f shoving edgewisedown between the margins of the curtain and cemented thereto. fruit andthe sides of the box after the box is A box m comprlsmg n flexiblecurpacked. The curtain is about the same length tam of slze to extendentn'ely ajcross top as the cardboard strips and is of a width toexsuirface packed box p Opposlte m tend clear across the arched pack offruit as said curtain secured to strips of cardboard adapt- 40 ed to bepositioned between the goods and the Shown at 4 m 3 Wherem the frmt isdeslgbox side walls, said cardboard strips being of nated 5, the boxside walls 6, bottom boards I 1 S h ht th th th and end walls 8. Thefilled and lined box here i g g be 22 6 den of the box m whlch shown isr a to have its cover boards nailed on 3. A box liner comprising a thinfiexible-cur- 50 over the curtain 4. tain of a size to extend entirelyacross the top In Fig- 3 the Cardboard Strips l and are surface of apacked box and opposite margins shown shoved down between the side walls6 of said curtain secured to strips of cardboard of the box and thefruit with the margins 2 facadapted to be positioned between the goodsand ing one another, but they may be inserted facthe box side walls,said curtain being of trans- 55 parent cellulose or the like and saidcardboard strips being of a. rigidity adapting them to be shoved downbetween the side walls of the box and a filling of fruit packed therein.

4. A box liner comprising a pair of cardboard strips .each scored alongone margin and the margin doubled over against the body of the card, anda relatively large sheet of transparent cellophane or the like grippedby its opposite margins respectively between the folded over margin ofthe strips and secured firmly therebetween.

5. A box liner comprising an elongated strip of cardboard adapted tostand along the side wall of a box and provided with a flap of thinflexible transparent cellophane-like material, said flap being widerthan the cardboard strip and se- 2,oss,79o

j'enrndalong one 11-... gm to one margin of the saniti er-t1 and adaptedto be extended over the packed contents of the box, said cardboard stripbeing of a rigidity adapting it to be shoved down between the side wallof the box and a filling of fruit packed in the box. r

6. A box liner comprising an elongated strip of cardboard adapted tostand along the side wall of a box and provided with a fiap of thinflexible transparent cellophane-like material, said flap being widerthan'the cardboard strip and secured along one margin to one margin ofthe cardboard strip and adapted to be extended over the packed contentsof. the box, said cardboard stripbeing folded over along one margin soas to embrace the edge of said flap.

BENJAMIN M. HOBLICK.

